Riley was the only bright spot in this game... the rest didn't show up (of the starters). Jemison put in some good minutes for another silver lining.

I'm tired of these half-assed showings on the road. If we can't out-talent them we lose... same old, same old year in and year out. At least that's consistent. Championship teams don't get embarrassed on the road by mediocre teams. We're not a championship team... heck we might be a bubble team if things don't change this year.

The good:- Only outscored 40-36 in the 2nd half- Riley kept us within 30.- It wasn't on TV

My outlook has changed on this season... losing as badly as we have on the road this year (at ND, Ark, and Vandy) tells me we're slightly above mediocre. Even with a healthy Steele we still lose this game by double digits. I don't know what to say.

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Tell me if I am wrong. I am guessing here. Vandy shot lights out from outside the arc but we kept trying to defend them with the same players who could neither defend nor buy a basket to save their souls?

Not only did we get out played and out hustled, but we also got out coached because our coach would not bench the scrubs to "reward" them for their performance?

Let me make one more guess. When Davidson failed to perform underneath the basket, we didn't use him to set screens for Steele, Hollinger and Tubbs to shoot threes?

Someone who watched or listened to the game, please let me know if I was wrong.

I couldn't listen to much of it either. Just knowing that Ronald Steele was 1-11 from the field, we are a bad road team. Now, I think we may go 9-7 in the SEC.

That's one reason why I don't try to go to more road games. If I knew we would compete, win or lose, the experience would be decent. When I get so mad and disgusted because of our horrid play, it makes me glad I didn't make the effort to go.